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Life is good for Valerie Bertinelli. She has a new book, "Losing It," and a new talk show coming up. And she doesn't hesitate to discuss her exhusband Eddie Van Halen. Valerie talked to Ladies Home Journal about Eddie's "denial:" "The guy has mouth cancer, gets part of his tongue cut out, and he insists cigarettes have nothing to do with it. You should have seen the guy he attributes his "cure" to. They sat around drinking and smoking in our hotel room. But the cancer hasn't come back, so who am I to say!" Life isn't so hot for Eddie - he recently left his band tour and went back to rehab for alcohol abuse.
Now that she's lost over 30 pounds on Jenny Craig, Valerie Bertinelli is ready to reprise the role that made her famous - Barbara Cooper on One Day at a Time! In 2005, the cast, including Bonnie Franklin and Mackenzie Phillips and their TV husbands got together for a reunion show where they chatted and showed sentimental highlights from the old series. At that time Valerie felt she was too chubby to actually film a new episode. That reunion show pulled in huge ratings for CBS and they're delighted that Valerie recently said yes, she will film a reunion special featuring the characters today.



